| NOUN | communication | valediction, valedictory address, valedictory oration, valedictory | a farewell oration (especially one delivered during graduation exercises by an outstanding member of a graduating class) |
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| act | valediction | the act of saying farewell |
| Meaning | A farewell oration (especially one delivered during graduation exercises by an outstanding member of a graduating class). | |
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| Synonyms | valedictory address, valedictory oration, valedictory | |
| Broader | oratory | addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous) |
| Meaning | The act of saying farewell. | |
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| Broader | farewell, leave, leave-taking, parting | The act of departing politely |
| Spanish | despedida | |
| Catalan | acomiadament, comiat, despedida | |
| Adjectives | valedictory | of or relating to an occasion or expression of farewell |
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